Dr. Edward Stanbery was born in New York City in 1806, the son of Jonas Stanbery, a physician and land speculator, and his second wife, Ann Lucy (McCready) Seaman.
Jonas was a firm believer in a great education, and all of his children were sent to the best private schools and colleges that money could buy. Edward probably attended Ohio University, as did many of his brothers, first in the Preparatory Academy and then in the Collegiate Course.
This would have been followed by several years of study under a senior physician—an "apprenticeship" more or less—to learn the "trade" of medicine. Following this, he was a Medical Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in the Class of 1826. [1] This was training above and beyond what many doctors received in that day, akin to a Master's Degree.
Edward married first to Augusta Convers on 27 Sep 1827 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. The marriage was solemnized by James Culbertson, V.D.M. (See Muskingum County Marriages, Vol. 2, 1818-1835, page 241.) Augusta was the daughter of Daniel Convers and Sarah Munro. Her father, at about age 16, was taken captive by Indians near Marietta, Ohio, and taken north to the area of Detroit, but was able to escape. Augusta was the older sister of Charles Cleveland Convers (b. 1810), who would later become Speaker of the Ohio Senate and an Ohio Supreme Court judge, and the younger sister of Harriet Munro Convers, who married Charles B. Goddard, one of the leading attorneys in Zanesville.
Soon after the marriage, the couple removed to Newark, where Edward set up a medical practice. Edward later became a mentor to Wellington Stanbery, the son of his half-brother, Hon. William Stanbery, in the medical profession, in the same way that he had learned the "trade" of medicine. The two then set up a medical practice together.
According to family records kept by Edward's younger brother Charles, Augusta died around August 21, 1842. She was most likely interred in the Zanesville City Cemetery (which became Greenwood Cemetery as of 1887), where Edward no doubt intended to be buried. However, no burial site has thus far been located. The stone may now be illegible or below grade.
Edward remarried to Harriet Newell Sherwood, daughter of Buckingham Sherwood, on 1 Oct 1844 in Newark. The original marriage record was destroyed during the several fires that occurred at the Licking County Courthouse in Newark between the years 1875 and 1879. (Some marriages were re-recorded, but not all were.) I found the record on page 241 of From the Buckingham Family; Or the Descendants of Thomas Buckingham, One of the First Settlers of Milford, Conn. by Frederick William Chapman (Case, Lockwood & Brainard; Hartford, CT, 1872).
Dr. Stanbery died in Newark, probably in January of 1854. He left a will, executed on 20 Nov 1853 and probated in Licking County, Ohio, on 30 Jan 1854, in which he bequeathed nearly all of his assets to his brother Charles Stanbery. The will named his beloved wife, Harriet, who survived him, as Executrix, and as Executors Joseph B. Sherwood and Jerome Buckingham (probably relatives of his wife). Harriet's maiden name remained unknown for many years, but the clues were right in the will all along.
There were no children from either marriage.
Dr. Edward Stanbery's grave has not been located, his parents, Jonas Stanbery and Ann Lucy (McCready) Seaman Stanbery, as well as several siblings, were buried in the Zanesville City Cemetery (now Greenwood Cemetery), so I believe that there's a good likelihood that Edward is there, too.
[1] Catalogue of the Medical Graduates of the University of Pennsylvania; With an Historical Sketch of the Origin, Progress and Present State of the Medical Department. (Lydia R. Bailey; Philadelphia, Pa.; 1836). Page 63. Edward Stanbery, Ohio. Class of 1826.
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Bio by C.A. Brooman
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Jonas was a firm believer in a great education, and all of his children were sent to the best private schools and colleges that money could buy. Edward probably attended Ohio University, as did many of his brothers, first in the Preparatory Academy and then in the Collegiate Course.
This would have been followed by several years of study under a senior physician—an "apprenticeship" more or less—to learn the "trade" of medicine. Following this, he was a Medical Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in the Class of 1826. [1] This was training above and beyond what many doctors received in that day, akin to a Master's Degree.
Edward married first to Augusta Convers on 27 Sep 1827 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. The marriage was solemnized by James Culbertson, V.D.M. (See Muskingum County Marriages, Vol. 2, 1818-1835, page 241.) Augusta was the daughter of Daniel Convers and Sarah Munro. Her father, at about age 16, was taken captive by Indians near Marietta, Ohio, and taken north to the area of Detroit, but was able to escape. Augusta was the older sister of Charles Cleveland Convers (b. 1810), who would later become Speaker of the Ohio Senate and an Ohio Supreme Court judge, and the younger sister of Harriet Munro Convers, who married Charles B. Goddard, one of the leading attorneys in Zanesville.
Soon after the marriage, the couple removed to Newark, where Edward set up a medical practice. Edward later became a mentor to Wellington Stanbery, the son of his half-brother, Hon. William Stanbery, in the medical profession, in the same way that he had learned the "trade" of medicine. The two then set up a medical practice together.
According to family records kept by Edward's younger brother Charles, Augusta died around August 21, 1842. She was most likely interred in the Zanesville City Cemetery (which became Greenwood Cemetery as of 1887), where Edward no doubt intended to be buried. However, no burial site has thus far been located. The stone may now be illegible or below grade.
Edward remarried to Harriet Newell Sherwood, daughter of Buckingham Sherwood, on 1 Oct 1844 in Newark. The original marriage record was destroyed during the several fires that occurred at the Licking County Courthouse in Newark between the years 1875 and 1879. (Some marriages were re-recorded, but not all were.) I found the record on page 241 of From the Buckingham Family; Or the Descendants of Thomas Buckingham, One of the First Settlers of Milford, Conn. by Frederick William Chapman (Case, Lockwood & Brainard; Hartford, CT, 1872).
Dr. Stanbery died in Newark, probably in January of 1854. He left a will, executed on 20 Nov 1853 and probated in Licking County, Ohio, on 30 Jan 1854, in which he bequeathed nearly all of his assets to his brother Charles Stanbery. The will named his beloved wife, Harriet, who survived him, as Executrix, and as Executors Joseph B. Sherwood and Jerome Buckingham (probably relatives of his wife). Harriet's maiden name remained unknown for many years, but the clues were right in the will all along.
There were no children from either marriage.
Dr. Edward Stanbery's grave has not been located, his parents, Jonas Stanbery and Ann Lucy (McCready) Seaman Stanbery, as well as several siblings, were buried in the Zanesville City Cemetery (now Greenwood Cemetery), so I believe that there's a good likelihood that Edward is there, too.
[1] Catalogue of the Medical Graduates of the University of Pennsylvania; With an Historical Sketch of the Origin, Progress and Present State of the Medical Department. (Lydia R. Bailey; Philadelphia, Pa.; 1836). Page 63. Edward Stanbery, Ohio. Class of 1826.
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Bio by C.A. Brooman
Member #48601467
Dr. Edward Stanbery was born in New York City in 1806, the son of Jonas Stanbery, a physician and land speculator, and his second wife, Ann Lucy (McCready) Seaman.
Jonas was a firm believer in a great education, and all of his children were sent to the best private schools and colleges that money could buy. Edward probably attended Ohio University, as did many of his brothers, first in the Preparatory Academy and then in the Collegiate Course.
This would have been followed by several years of study under a senior physician—an "apprenticeship" more or less—to learn the "trade" of medicine. Following this, he was a Medical Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in the Class of 1826. [1] This was training above and beyond what many doctors received in that day, akin to a Master's Degree.
Edward married first to Augusta Convers on 27 Sep 1827 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. The marriage was solemnized by James Culbertson, V.D.M. (See Muskingum County Marriages, Vol. 2, 1818-1835, page 241.) Augusta was the daughter of Daniel Convers and Sarah Munro. Her father, at about age 16, was taken captive by Indians near Marietta, Ohio, and taken north to the area of Detroit, but was able to escape. Augusta was the older sister of Charles Cleveland Convers (b. 1810), who would later become Speaker of the Ohio Senate and an Ohio Supreme Court judge, and the younger sister of Harriet Munro Convers, who married Charles B. Goddard, one of the leading attorneys in Zanesville.
Soon after the marriage, the couple removed to Newark, where Edward set up a medical practice. Edward later became a mentor to Wellington Stanbery, the son of his half-brother, Hon. William Stanbery, in the medical profession, in the same way that he had learned the "trade" of medicine. The two then set up a medical practice together.
According to family records kept by Edward's younger brother Charles, Augusta died around August 21, 1842. She was most likely interred in the Zanesville City Cemetery (which became Greenwood Cemetery as of 1887), where Edward no doubt intended to be buried. However, no burial site has thus far been located. The stone may now be illegible or below grade.
Edward remarried to Harriet Newell Sherwood, daughter of Buckingham Sherwood, on 1 Oct 1844 in Newark. The original marriage record was destroyed during the several fires that occurred at the Licking County Courthouse in Newark between the years 1875 and 1879. (Some marriages were re-recorded, but not all were.) I found the record on page 241 of From the Buckingham Family; Or the Descendants of Thomas Buckingham, One of the First Settlers of Milford, Conn. by Frederick William Chapman (Case, Lockwood & Brainard; Hartford, CT, 1872).
Dr. Stanbery died in Newark, probably in January of 1854. He left a will, executed on 20 Nov 1853 and probated in Licking County, Ohio, on 30 Jan 1854, in which he bequeathed nearly all of his assets to his brother Charles Stanbery. The will named his beloved wife, Harriet, who survived him, as Executrix, and as Executors Joseph B. Sherwood and Jerome Buckingham (probably relatives of his wife). Harriet's maiden name remained unknown for many years, but the clues were right in the will all along.
There were no children from either marriage.
Dr. Edward Stanbery's grave has not been located, his parents, Jonas Stanbery and Ann Lucy (McCready) Seaman Stanbery, as well as several siblings, were buried in the Zanesville City Cemetery (now Greenwood Cemetery), so I believe that there's a good likelihood that Edward is there, too.
[1] Catalogue of the Medical Graduates of the University of Pennsylvania; With an Historical Sketch of the Origin, Progress and Present State of the Medical Department. (Lydia R. Bailey; Philadelphia, Pa.; 1836). Page 63. Edward Stanbery, Ohio. Class of 1826.
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Bio by C.A. Brooman
Member #48601467
Jonas was a firm believer in a great education, and all of his children were sent to the best private schools and colleges that money could buy. Edward probably attended Ohio University, as did many of his brothers, first in the Preparatory Academy and then in the Collegiate Course.
This would have been followed by several years of study under a senior physician—an "apprenticeship" more or less—to learn the "trade" of medicine. Following this, he was a Medical Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in the Class of 1826. [1] This was training above and beyond what many doctors received in that day, akin to a Master's Degree.
Edward married first to Augusta Convers on 27 Sep 1827 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. The marriage was solemnized by James Culbertson, V.D.M. (See Muskingum County Marriages, Vol. 2, 1818-1835, page 241.) Augusta was the daughter of Daniel Convers and Sarah Munro. Her father, at about age 16, was taken captive by Indians near Marietta, Ohio, and taken north to the area of Detroit, but was able to escape. Augusta was the older sister of Charles Cleveland Convers (b. 1810), who would later become Speaker of the Ohio Senate and an Ohio Supreme Court judge, and the younger sister of Harriet Munro Convers, who married Charles B. Goddard, one of the leading attorneys in Zanesville.
Soon after the marriage, the couple removed to Newark, where Edward set up a medical practice. Edward later became a mentor to Wellington Stanbery, the son of his half-brother, Hon. William Stanbery, in the medical profession, in the same way that he had learned the "trade" of medicine. The two then set up a medical practice together.
According to family records kept by Edward's younger brother Charles, Augusta died around August 21, 1842. She was most likely interred in the Zanesville City Cemetery (which became Greenwood Cemetery as of 1887), where Edward no doubt intended to be buried. However, no burial site has thus far been located. The stone may now be illegible or below grade.
Edward remarried to Harriet Newell Sherwood, daughter of Buckingham Sherwood, on 1 Oct 1844 in Newark. The original marriage record was destroyed during the several fires that occurred at the Licking County Courthouse in Newark between the years 1875 and 1879. (Some marriages were re-recorded, but not all were.) I found the record on page 241 of From the Buckingham Family; Or the Descendants of Thomas Buckingham, One of the First Settlers of Milford, Conn. by Frederick William Chapman (Case, Lockwood & Brainard; Hartford, CT, 1872).
Dr. Stanbery died in Newark, probably in January of 1854. He left a will, executed on 20 Nov 1853 and probated in Licking County, Ohio, on 30 Jan 1854, in which he bequeathed nearly all of his assets to his brother Charles Stanbery. The will named his beloved wife, Harriet, who survived him, as Executrix, and as Executors Joseph B. Sherwood and Jerome Buckingham (probably relatives of his wife). Harriet's maiden name remained unknown for many years, but the clues were right in the will all along.
There were no children from either marriage.
Dr. Edward Stanbery's grave has not been located, his parents, Jonas Stanbery and Ann Lucy (McCready) Seaman Stanbery, as well as several siblings, were buried in the Zanesville City Cemetery (now Greenwood Cemetery), so I believe that there's a good likelihood that Edward is there, too.
[1] Catalogue of the Medical Graduates of the University of Pennsylvania; With an Historical Sketch of the Origin, Progress and Present State of the Medical Department. (Lydia R. Bailey; Philadelphia, Pa.; 1836). Page 63. Edward Stanbery, Ohio. Class of 1826.
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Bio by C.A. Brooman
Member #48601467
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